PT-2013-6356 · Flightgear · Flightgear

Published 2013-06-06 · Updated 2013-06-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FlightGear (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to improper handling of format strings in FlightGear when it is started with remote access allowances. A remote attacker could potentially connect to FlightGear, set specific parameters related to clouds, and cause the application to crash.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

MGASA-2013-0164

Affected Products

Flightgear

References · 5

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0164.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10351 · Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106922.html · Note
• http://kuronosec.blogspot.ca/2013/04/flightgear-remote-format-string.html · Note